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Half-Life 3 Protest Fails to Reach Goal

Remember that big Half-Life 2: Episode Three protest that was supposed to take place last weekend? Well, it sort of, uh, didn't. I mean, it occurred, technically speaking, but didn't exactly manage to make the megaton splash its organizers were hoping for. Even after the Steam group ballooned all the way out to 50,000 members, only 13,000 took up crowbars alongside their comrades in arms, according to Kotaku. And the rest? Perhaps they suddenly decided gaming wasn't for them and took up competitive crocheting. Or, slightly more likely: they no-showed, relegating the collective call of "Rise and shine, Mr Freeman" to 11th on Steam's charts. Valve hasn't made any mention of the relatively subdued keyboard warrior rallying cry, and I'm guessing it won't pipe up until it's good and ready.